Media Literacy and Rhetorical Analysis with Advertisements

In this unit, students use the media literacy inquiry process of analyzing advertisements for educational and real life purposes. By the end of the unit, student should be able to recognize and identify how media messages use specific techniques to target audiences to gain profit or power. Media literacy is used to build critical analysis skills and develop conscious consumers of products and ideas. This unit falls in the middle of the seventh grade year after students have practiced media literacy through studies of propaganda, news analysis, and rhetorical analysis of famous speeches. Throughout the unit, students will analyze print advertisements, commercials, and public service announcements using the 5 key concepts and questions of media literacy as a means of developing an awareness of the influence of media on their own decision making. For the performance task, students will analyze a major media campaign and create an alternate advertisement that fits into the campaign through the use of similar technical elements, but targets an opposite audience than previously targeted in the real ad campaign. Students will explain their analysis of the existing campaign as well as their technical process in a frame of media literacy concepts and rhetorical analysis. Media Literacy resources for teachers can be found at this free website: www.medialit.or

Construction and evaluation of a measure of reading preference

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University, 1944. This item was digitized by the Internet Archive

The effect of soothing sound machines and meditation using CD players on relaxation in acute care orthopedic patients

This research studied the relaxation effect in orthopedic surgical patients using guided meditation or soothing sounds (SS) machines. The study used a comparative study design to evaluate differences in the effect of SS or guided meditation on patients’ perceptions of relaxation. IRB approval was obtained prior to initiating the study. A convenience sample of orthopedic surgery patients consented to voluntarily rate their perceptions of relaxation on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from “none”, “mild”, “moderate”, “good” or “very good”. A demographic survey was used to describe the sample. The sample included 50 patients with ages ranging from 40 to 70 years. Seventy-eight percent (78%) of the sample was female and 22% were male. The participant selection of relaxation type was 82% soothing sounds machines, meditation 12%, and both (SS machines and meditation) 6%. The response rate was 100% for the guided meditation as compared to the 93% response rate for the SS machine. The greatest relaxation change was noted for the guided meditation (66.5% good to very good) as compared to the SS machines (63.5% good to very good). Both SS machines and guided meditation improved relaxation with greater than 82% rating moderate to very good change. More patients selected SS machines over guided meditation. The active process for guided meditation provided a higher relaxation rating than the passive process using soothing sounds machines

Improper Use of Removal and Its Disruptive Effect on State Court Proceedings: A Call to Reform 28 U.S.C. 1446.

Abstract Forthcoming

Appellate Review of Criminal Cases in Texas.

This Article guides Texas practitioners in effectively preparing and presenting criminal cases on appeal. Its primary focus concerns the standards of review appellate courts use in determining the merits of the issues raised before them and, equally important, proper preservation and presentation of those issues. This Article does not exhaust the matters which may be raised on appeal in a criminal case. Rather, it covers a variety of issues and errors commonly raised in the “ordinary” criminal appeal. Understanding and utilizing this information in the presentation of issues on appeal will help the practitioner direct the appellate court to find reversible error where it does exist and lead to the result which justice requires. Presenting an effective appeal begins long before the brief is filed. Preserving error at trial is crucial, as is determining which forum the matter should be addressed in and the form in which the issue should be presented. Determining the issues which offer the greatest possibility of relief is equally as important. These decisions require understanding the various standards of review the appellate courts employ to decide whether error occurred and whether the error is reversible. Recognizing and concentrating on the issues which are preserved, demonstrating error under the appropriate standard, and demonstrating harm, will save counsel time and increase the client’s chance of obtaining the requested relief. The practitioner who grasps the legal concepts set forth in this Article and applies them to the facts of each case will be well-equipped to guide and persuade the appellate court in its own application of the law to reach the desired result. In this way, more criminal appeals may become instruments of justice rather than exercises in futility

Barriers to Utilizing Medicaid Smoking Cessation Benefits

Introduction. Smoking is the number one preventable cause of deathin the United States. Under the Affordable Care Act, Kansas Medicaidcovers all seven FDA-approved smoking cessation therapies.However, it is estimated only 3% of Kansas Medicaid smokers usetreatment compared to the national estimate of 10%. The objectiveis to determine systemic barriers in place that prevent optimal utilizationof Medicaid smoking cessation benefits among KU MedicalCenter Internal Medicine patients. Methods. For this quality improvement project, a population of 169Kansas Medicaid smokers was identified who had been seen at the KUInternal Medicine Clinic from January 1, 2015 - February 16, 2016.Phone surveys were completed with 62 individuals about smokingstatus, interest in using smoking cessation treatment options, andawareness of Medicaid coverage of treatment. Results. Of the 62 respondents, 24 (39%) were prescribed pharmacotherapyand 41 (66%) were interested in using smoking cessationtreatment. There were eight who had quit smoking. Of the remaining54 smokers, 31 (57%) were unaware that Medicaid would coverpharmacotherapy. Of 24 participants who received a prescription forpharmacotherapy, 13 (54%) were able to fill the prescription at no costusing the Medicaid benefit. Conclusion. The majority of respondents were interested in usingsmoking cessation treatment, yet three main barriers existed to usingMedicaid smoking cessation benefits: physicians not prescribingtreatment to patients, patients not aware of Medicaid coverage, andinadequate pharmacy filling. Improved physician and patient awarenessof Medicaid coverage will facilitate more patients receivingsmoking cessation therapy and ultimately quitting smoking.KS J Med 2017;10(4):88-91

Atmospheric chemistry of CH\u3csub\u3e3\u3c/sub\u3eCHO: the hydrolysis of CH\u3csub\u3e3\u3c/sub\u3eCHO catalyzed by H\u3csub\u3e2\u3c/sub\u3eSO\u3csub\u3e4\u3c/sub\u3e

Elucidating atmospheric oxidation mechanisms and the reaction kinetics of atmospheric compounds is of great importance and necessary for atmospheric modeling and the understanding of the formation of atmospheric organic aerosols. While the hydrolysis of aldehydes has been detected in the presence of sulfuric acid, the reaction mechanism and kinetics remain unclear. Herein, we use electronic structure methods with CCSD(T)/CBS accuracy and canonical variational transition state theory combined with small-curvature tunneling to study the reaction mechanism and kinetics of the hydrolysis of CH3CHO. The calculated results show that the hydrolysis of CH3CHO needs to overcome an energy barrier of 37.21 kcal mol−1, while the energy barrier is decreased to −9.79 kcal mol−1 with a sulfuric acid catalyst. In addition, the calculated kinetic results show that the H2SO4⋯H2O + CH3CHO reaction is faster than H2SO4 + CH3CHO⋯H2O. Additionally, the H2SO4⋯H2O + CH3CHO reaction can play an important role in the sink of CH3CHO below 260 K occurring during the night period when OH, H2SO4, and H2O concentrations are 104, 108, and 1017 molecules cm−3, respectively, because it can compete well with the CH3CHO + OH reaction. There are wide implications in atmospheric chemistry from these findings because of the potential importance of the catalytic effect of H2SO4 on the hydrolysis of CH3CHO in the atmosphere and in the formation of secondary organic aerosols

Space-Filling Curves as Design Elements

Abstract The Mosaic Arts Center will be discussed and the teaching methods used to enrich children's learning of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) concepts using Art will be demonstrated. To illustrate the teaching and learning program, a hands-on "Space-Filling Curves" demonstration using 3 levels of progressively more complex activities will be introduced. Color, Shape and Dimensions will be used in the demonstrations